to disentangle oneself from

  • 1part — I (place) noun area, division, locale, location, premises, purlieus, quarter, room, section, site, spot associated concepts: part in a courthouse II (portion) noun allocation, allowance, amount, bit, chip, chunk, collop, component, constituent,… …

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  • 2Liberation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Liberation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 liberation liberation disengagement release enlargement emancipation Sgm: N 1 disenthrallment disenthrallment disenthralment Sgm: N 1 affranchisement affranchisement… …

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  • 3Democritus — Full name Democritus Born ca. 460 BC Abdera, Thrace Died ca. 370 BC (Aged 90) Era …

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  • 4separate — 1. adjective 1) his personal life was separate from his job Syn: unconnected, unrelated, different, distinct, discrete; detached, divorced, disconnected, independent, autonomous Ant: linked, interdependent 2) …

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  • 5Tribalism — The internal social structure of a tribe can vary greatly from case to case, but, due to the small size of tribes, it is always a relatively simple structure, with few (if any) significant social distinctions between individuals. Some tribes are… …

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  • 6tarbaby — tar baby n. A situation or problem from which it is virtually impossible to disentangle oneself.   [After “Bre r Rabbit and the Tar Baby,” an Uncle Remus story by Joel Chandler Harris.] * * * …

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  • 7predicament — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. condition, quandary, fix, spot (inf.), corner, dilemma, mess, scrape, crisis, emergency. See circumstance, difficulty. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. quandary, plight, dilemma, strait, puzzle, perplexity,… …

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  • 8predicament — [prē dik′ə mənt, pridik′ə mənt] n. [ME < LL(Ec) praedicamentum < L praedicare: see PREACH] 1. a condition or situation, now specif. one that is difficult, unpleasant, embarrassing, or, sometimes, comical 2. Archaic CATEGORY (sense 2) SYN.… …

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  • 9ar-1*, themat. (a)re-, heavy basis arǝ-, rē- and i-basis (a)rī̆ -, rēi- —     ar 1*, themat. (a)re , heavy basis arǝ , rē and i basis (a)rī̆ , rēi     English meaning: to move, pass     Deutsche Übersetzung: “fũgen, passen”     Note: Root ar 1*, themat. (a)re , heavy basis arǝ , rē and i Basis (a)rī̆ , rēi : “to move …

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  • 10Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …

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